ITV's annual text Santa charity campaign has raised £4,187,686 for Age UK, Barnardo's, BeatBullying, British Heart Foundation, CLIC Sargent and Help the Hospices. The annual fundraiser in the run up to Christmas concluded with a takeover of ITV.
It may be nine days to go until Christmas, but you have to wait just four days until the festive fundraising extravaganza that is Text Santa. On Friday night there'll be a whole host of ITV faces, celebs, special guests and performances - which is not to be missed.
It's all for a very good cause - or actually six very good causes. The Text Santa Appeal is raising money - and awareness - to help six charities here in the UK. They are Age UK, Barnardo's, British Heart Foundation, CLIC Sargent, Help the Hospices and BeatBullying.
In the first of a series of reports this week, Tom Sheldrick looks at what BeatBullying means to one young man from the Rhondda.
Text Santa, ITV's charity Christmas appeal, has raised £4.2 million for good causes after stars took over the channel in a live show.
ITV annual Text Santa charity campaign concludes today with a takeover of ITV to raise money for six charities in the run up to Christmas.
The charities benefitting this year are Age UK, Barnardo's, BeatBullying, British Heart Foundation, Clic Sargent and Help the Hospices.